Mac RTL8188RU (AWUS036NHR) Mac Driver & Utility

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There is a new driver and utility (v2.0.0 / v1023) for the 8188RU that was released 27/9/2012 on the official Realtek website. There are a few noticeable changes to this. It is not called Wireless Network Utility anymore, it is called the Green Wlan USB Utility and you can customise what you want installed. The:

• Utility
• Startup function
• or just the driver

If you go down just the driver route you will need to add a new connection in your network setting system preferences pane. You will also need to have your USB device plugged in for this process. I would assume you would at least need to install the Utility and the driver if you want it to work and use the utility.

The other good news is it supports 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8.

Probably should also mention that there are new drivers for Linux and Android.

Crackerz Wave: Where you able to use this adapter on BT5 R3 getting handshakes with the new driver?
@Mr. Penquin: Thanks for the tip, I will check it out. I see you own the H, NH and the NHR. Where you able to get the NHR and the NH to work with Xiaopan or BT5 R3 and get a handshake or use reaver succesfully? Any tip would be welcome. I'm thinking of buying the NH and exchanging the NHR for the H

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There is a new driver update (v1023 - v1024) and utility (2.0.0 -> 2.0.1) that was released 10 days ago.

Upgrade Instructions
1) Unplug your device
2) Close the utility
3) Use the uninstaller script in Terminal
4) Use AppZapper to delete all instances of the Utility
5) Install the latest version
6) Reboot
7) Open the utility
8) You should see the image below

Hi! i install AWUS036NHR_MacOS10.7_Driver_83.27.07_UI_2.0.2.zip
reboot, and open wireless network utilite. wireless Network Utilite not started and the error. I can send the report.
can U help me?
tplink wn725n (ru) v2
mac os 10.7

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